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Journalist couple Sniazhana Inanets and Aliaksandr Lychauka punished with home confinement
Human Rights Prize awarded to Aksana Kolb, Nasta Loyka, and Committee for Torture Investigation
On 11 January, Barys Zvozskau Belarusian Human Rights House hosted an awarding ceremony in Vilnius. The event was supposed to happen on December 10, International Human Rights Day, but was postponed due to the death of Belarusian Helsinki Committee chair Aleh Hulak.
Trial in TUT.BY case starts behind closed doors
On 9 January, the TUT.BY case will be heard in the Minsk City Court. Ludmila Chekina, TUT.BY Media CEO, and Maryna Zolatava, TUT.BY editor-in-chief, are in the dock. The trial will be held in camera and considered by Judge Valiantsina Ziankevich.
Trade union newsletter editor sentenced to 8 years in prison
Nobel Prize Winner Byalyatski Faces Trial In Belarus
Trial in “TUT.by case” to begin on 9 January
“He has not lost his trademark sense of humor.” Media manager Kanstantsin Zalatykh awaiting trial
Journalist Ivan Muraujou sentenced to 2.5 years in prison
A sentence has been passed on journalist, cameraman, and founder of Hookah No. 1 restaurant Ivan Muraujou. According to BAJ, he was found guilty of participating in an extremist formation and sentenced to 2.5 years imprisonment.
Larysa Shchyrakova’s son no longer in child care home
Journalist Yauhen Merkis spends four days in punishment cell
The political prisoner was put into segregation for "being unshaven." Now, he is in a regular cell and is feeling fine, Shtodnya reports.
Belarus: 2022 another disastrous year for media freedom
Journalist Siarhei Chyhryn detained for sharing extremist content
On 16 December, journalist, local historian and writer Siarhei Chyhryn was detained in Slonim.
Criminal proceedings against journalist Dashchynski dismissed
The criminal prosecution of journalist Ales Dashchynski has been terminated. His pledge not to leave the country is no longer binding, and the items seized during the search were returned to him, reports BAJ.
Art historian and theater critic Aliaksei Strelnikau dies suddenly
Journalist Larysa Shchyrakova charged with discrediting Belarus
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